Love’s Labour’s Lost Quizzes

Love's Labour's Lost Quiz 1

1 The play was first performed in the ___.

1590s

1600s

1580s

1610s
2 Who was on the English throne when the play was performed?

King Henry VIII

King James I

King Charles I

Queen Elizabeth I
3 Love's Labour's Lost is considered one of Shakespeare's ___.

most complex plays

best plays

earliest plays

most successful plays
4 Where was the play first performed?

Inns of Court

Buckingham Palace

Blackfriars Theater

The Globe Theater
5 The play is a ___.

romance

comedy

tragedy

history
6 The play was first published in ___.

1600

1632

1598

1625
7 The play was first published in ___.

folio

pamphlet

quarto

manuscript
8 Source material for the play is ___.

included in the original publication

an Italian play

lost

a biography of the King of Navarre
9 Queen Elizabeth I was known as the ___.

Kingly Queen

Bloody Queen

Ruthless Queen

Virgin Queen
10 The play is often cited for its use of ___.

irony

imagery

wordplay

allusions
11 In general, the critical reception of the play has been ___.

positive

negative

mixed

never documented
12 One reason for the play's critical reception is its ___.

historical context

biblical allegory

complex plot

unlikable characters
13 Kenneth Branagh adapted the play into a film in ___.

2000

1990

2020

2010
14 The play takes place in ___.

Paris

Navarre

London

Aquitaine
15 The King of Navarre is ___.

Henry

James

Ferdinand

Louis
16 Which of these is not one of the King's lords?

Longaville

Dumaine

Biron

Frederick
17 Don Armado is a satirical representation of ___.

the Spanish Armada

Shakespeare

the Duke of Anjou

King Henry VIII
18 Who is Don Armado's page?

Mote

Dull

Biron

Costard
19 The Spanish Armada attempted to invade England in ___.

1588

1555

1600

1592
20 Costard is a ___.

clown

priest

poet

scholar
21 Boyet is a ___.

spy

messenger

soldier

prince
22 Dull is a ___.

merchant

clown

constable

lord
23 Holofernes is a ___.

schoolmaster

madman

sailor

priest
24 Sir Nathanial is a ___.

thief

lord

teacher

curate
25 Jaquenetta is a ___.

innkeeper

wench

lady-in-waiting

noblewoman

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